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Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner landing at Domodedovo international airport in Moscow on a nice evening. The aircraft is fitted with Thales IFEC hardware.

Thales aiding airline clients given SITA plan to exit cabin IFC

French multinational corporation Thales says it is working with its airline customers to come up with “the best long-term solution for... Continue Reading

A rendering of the Venture business class seat by Jamco. The seat is cream with grey thermoplastics.

Jamco works to make Venture seat available for A350 operators

Jamco Corporation is working to make its Venture reverse herringbone, full-flat, direct aisle access business class seat available for Airbu... Continue Reading

Emirates Airbus A380-861 jet departing from Zurich in Switzerland. It offers connectivity to passengers

Exclusive: SITA confirms it is exiting cabin inflight connectivity

Global air transport communications and IT company SITA, which boasts a proud history in the inflight connectivity sector and counts heavy-h... Continue Reading

RGN Premium: Exit confirmed

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ThinKom develops new multi-orbit Ku solution for HBCplus consideration

ThinKom Solutions has secured a near 1,000-unit backlog for its Ka2517 VICTS antenna, of which a very significant portion is headed for inte... Continue Reading

RGN Premium: A revelation at APEX TECH

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Astranis microgeo satellite being built in the facility.

Astranis CEO highlights the mobility prospects for microGEO

San Francisco-based start-up Astranis, which is building microGEO satellites for the forthcoming Anuvu Constellation and other customers, is... Continue Reading

Rear view of two pilots flying a Boeing 737 MAX. Iridium sees opportunity in Long-Haul.

Iridium prepares for new opportunity: longhaul narrowbody ops

As aviation accelerates out of the Covid crisis, Iridium Communications sees a brand new opportunity in commercial aviation for powering saf... Continue Reading

Young woman using a phone on board the aircraft

Seamless details work with GSMA to support frictionless inflight Wi-Fi

When you board an aircraft, you should be able to use your smart phone largely in the same way that you do on the ground. But today, there a... Continue Reading

The interior of an Avanti train shows two window seats facing each other with a large table in between. Domestic air transport, on the other hand, does not facilitate this arrangement.

Time and Space: UK first class air transport versus the train

In Great Britain, where true high-speed rail remains the stuff of dreams (outside of Eurostar), point-to-point air and train services are of... Continue Reading

SmartSky adds more patents to infringement lawsuit against Gogo

On track to launch its new 5G network in the fourth quarter of this year, Gogo has publicly reiterated that it is not infringing on any of S... Continue Reading

Looking out the window of flair airlines MAX aircraft to see its green engine, wing and the plains of Alberta.

Flair brings more aircraft into service, says normal ops have resumed

Canadian budget operator Flair Airlines today brought four additional aircraft into service, and says it is working to ensure that every cus... Continue Reading

Young woman sitting using phone on the aircraft seat wearing face mask

Inadvia on unlocking the full potential of inflight advertising

For decades, airline passengers have watched advertisements in-flight. Sometimes a video ad simply runs on the seatback entertainment screen... Continue Reading

The nose of a JSX ERJ-145 as it is ready to be boarded for flight on the Dallas Love Field.

How a Covid cautious prototype led JSX to adopt luxury on its ERJ-145s

When JSX debuted a spacious and sparkling new interior on board one of its Embraer E-145 jets during the Covid crisis, the ‘semi-priva... Continue Reading

A Southwest 737 MAX in-flight. Astronics In-seat power is being installed on the fleet

Southwest passengers on Viasat-fitted 737 can stream OTT for $8

Southwest Airlines this month will press its first Viasat-fitted Boeing 737 into service, and with it offer a new paid OTT streaming-capable... Continue Reading